Finishing the "Set"--Topps 1990 Catchers

by schwitz - 91 cards (Last updated on Aug 17, 2022)

The base set for Topps 1990 Baseball included 65 players with "C" listed as the position (not including All-Star cards). While working on my for sale/trade list, I found that 40 of the 102 unique cards I owned already. Being 61% of the way already, I decided to complete the set of catchers.

Need 4 cards to completion.

1. 1990 Topps #12 Joe Girardi

Career WAR: 5.6
1989 WAR: 0.5
1990 WAR: 1.1
Career Games Caught: 1247
1989 Games Caught: 59
1990 Games Caught: 133

2. 1990 Topps #26 Don Slaught

Career WAR: 19.4
1989 WAR: 1.8
1990 WAR: 2.3
Career Games Caught: 1237
1989 Games Caught: 105
1990 Games Caught: 78

3. 1990 Topps #35 Benny Santiago

Career WAR: 27.4
1989 WAR: 2.3
1990 WAR: 2.1
Career Games Caught: 1917
1989 Games Caught: 127
1990 Games Caught: 98

4. 1990 Topps #47 Brian Harper

Career WAR: 14.0
1989 WAR: 2.8
1990 WAR: 2.8
Career Games Caught: 688
1989 Games Caught: 101
1990 Games Caught: 102

"He lost a lot of his career to other people's stupidity." Bill James.

5. 1990 Topps #54 Joel Skinner

Career WAR: 0.0
1989 WAR: -0.1
1990 WAR: 0.5
Career Games Caught: 560
1989 Games Caught: 79
1990 Games Caught: 49

6. 1990 Topps #76 Dave Valle

Career WAR: 10.0
1989 WAR: 2.2
1990 WAR: 0.7
Career Games Caught: 902
1989 Games Caught: 93
1990 Games Caught: 104

Valle was responsible for two "lasts" in the history of Comiskey Park. On September 30, 1990, Valle hit the last double in stadium history. On the same play, he was thrown out by Sammy Sosa trying to stretch to a triple, for the last victim of an outfield assist. Valle also received credit for the last caught stealing recorded, though the play was actually scored 1-3-4.